Aircraft Photo of 55-4031 / 54031 | Fairchild YC-123E Provider | USA - Air Force

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	55-4031
Alternate Serial:	54031
Aircraft Original Type:	Chase C-123 Avitruc
Aircraft Generic Type:	Fairchild C-123 Provider
Aircraft Version:	Fairchild YC-123E Provider
Manufacturers:	Fairchild / Stroukoff
C/n (msn):	None issued
Operator Titles:	USA - Air Force

Location
City / Airport:	Philadelphia - InternationalMap
Region / Country:	Pennsylvania, United States
Airport Codes:	ICAO: KPHL IATA: PHL Local: PHL Other: -
Event:	National Air Show 1955

Photo Date:	1 September 1955 to 11 September 1955
Photo from:	Bob Garrard Collection
Photo ID:	305354

Photo Comment
Stroukoff fitted this aircraft with their "Pantobase" landing gear system, which permitted landing on any reasonably flat surface: land, water or snow. Trials were successful and the YC-123E was further developed into the YC-134. This particular aircraft is widely reported as ex Fairchild-built C-123B 54-554 (c/n 20003), but that seems unlikely because it still has the original Chase tail with rounded tip and no dorsal fin. It is almost certainly one of the uncompleted Chase-built C-123Bs 52-1628 to 52-1631, or the rebuilt YC-123D 53-8068. This photo was added on 28 November 2020, and has since been viewed 2167 times.

Photo Comment

Stroukoff fitted this aircraft with their "Pantobase" landing gear system, which permitted landing on any reasonably flat surface: land, water or snow. Trials were successful and the YC-123E was further developed into the YC-134.
This particular aircraft is widely reported as ex Fairchild-built C-123B 54-554 (c/n 20003), but that seems unlikely because it still has the original Chase tail with rounded tip and no dorsal fin. It is almost certainly one of the uncompleted Chase-built C-123Bs 52-1628 to 52-1631, or the rebuilt YC-123D 53-8068.

This photo was added on 28 November 2020, and has since been viewed 2167 times.

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